Pad for garments



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Patentedlan. 8, 1929. l A I UNITED- STATES 1,698,144 PATENT OFFICE.

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PAD FOB GARMENTS.

Application nled October 12, 1926, Serial No. 141,128, and in Great Britain September 11, 1926.

This invention relates to pads for gar- Lments in which a number of layers of cotton -gether by stitching or sewing, and has for its object anim roved andcheaper construction of such pa s whereby the said stitching or sewing is dispensed with. This is accomplished by applying a thin film of wet or liquid size to one side of certain of the layers of wedding of 'which the pads are composed and relatively arranging said layers while the size is in a wet state, whereby the whole or. a part of a wet surface of one layer is adapted to engage mainly a corresponding part of a dry surface of a contactin layer, so that, upon the superimposed layers being pressed together the wet or liquid size more or less penetrates the contacting surfaces causing them to adhere together, and when dried a pad is produced of great stability ada ted to be handled and stocked without osing its originalshape. I i

Hitherto, when constructing these pads, the several layers of cotton. wadding or similar fibrous material cut to a desired shape and of varyxingsizes are sandwiched betweenl similarly s aped sheets of paper or wadding having a'coat of size upon one side, forming a cover therefor, the whole being secured.

together by stitching more or less aroundthe edges and across the pad itself, which gives the pad a more or less quilted appearance more pronounced in some cases than in others according to the thickness of the pad. Pads of this construction, it is found, possess certain disadvantages, inasmuch, when pressing the garment the uneven surface of the ad occasioned by the aforesaid stitching is often refiected upon the surface of the garment at Ithis part, sometimes, Where thin cloths are used, setting off the aforesaid stitches thereon so as to be noticeable. In the use of the improved pad before-mentioned this is impossible because a uniform plain surfaceo tains throughout consequently ,the 'pa-d may be used with the greatest advantage to the garment.

In constructing the improved pad two pieces of cotton wadding having a thin film` of dry size upongone side are cut from a sheet of this material in the well known manner. These cuttings are adapted to One of the cuttings aforesai is primarily,

passed between the rollersof a suitable sizing ap aratus whereby the unsized surface thereo is preferably given a thin coat of size or other suitable adhesive, it is then laid upon a table or the like with the wet or newly sized surface uppermost, one or more further cuttings, strips or layers of a similar shape but of less dimensions is or aresuperimposed thereon the first layer i which is preferably dry is laid thereon in contact with the wet or newly sized surface aforesaid, the next and subsequent layers of wadding forming the rest of the filling or stuffing of the lpad are superimposed thereon with the Wet surface of one layer in contact with the dry ysurface of another layer in accordance with the thickness and shape of the pad required. The other cutting aforesaid forming a part of the cover is also given a film of size preferably upon the unsized surface thereof and laid with this surface in contact with the dry surface of the uppermost layerl of the filling. The aforesaid layers of the desired shape, number and of varyingsizes as arranged to form the pad, are taken and passed between pressure rollers, or they may be pressed together by hand or by other suitable means as desired causing the wet size upon each inner layer 'and upon the upper and lower portions of the cover to more or less penetrate the dry surfaces of the contactinglayers sufficient to cause them to adhere together, Whilst the overlapping edges of the cover section are also brought into contact with the same effect. Although it is preferable the layers forming the outer Icover should be placed 'with the original dry sized surfaces outside, this position may be reversed, with the said dry sized surfaces after receiving a film of wet or liquid size, inside; in which case the pad after being pressed is passed through the sizing rollers so as to receive a coating of size upon both outer surfaces.

The pad after being pressed as aforesaid,

is then driedl in any suitable manner or by any suitable means, the size in drying still further cements' together the surrounding4 edges of both sections of the cover which thus completely :encloses the other layers withvthe result that `a pad is obtained possessing all the advantages before-mentioned.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in theA accompanying drawings, in whichz Fig. 1 is a front View of one example of a pad for garments constructed according to` i line 2, 2, of Fig. 1, showing the overlapping edges of the cover sections united after the pressing operation.-

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of Fig. 4, Referring to the drawings whichshow one construction of pad as an example, A, A.,

- are the outer layers of cotton wedding adapted to form the cover of the pad, B, B, are the surfaces adapted to receive a film of size, C, C, are the dry or originally sized surfaces, D, D, are the inner layers of different sizes.

The relative arrangement of the dry sized and unsized surfaces with the wet or newly sized surfaces of the inner layers may be varied, as desired, but the relative arrangement of the wet sized surfaces of the covering layers remains constant whereby the meeting edges of their wet surfaces are adapted when brought together to cause them to adhere and unite so as to entirely enclose the` inner layers for the pur osesy aforesaid. If desired the aforesai covering layers may similarly enclose layers of unsized Wedding. It is also advisable that -the film of size or the like liquid applied to said-wadding should be so thin as ,to form a backing therefor without 'being liable to create a stiffness in any part thereof.

It will be observed that this shape of pad is given by way of exam le only and any other suitable sha e or thidlr be built up upon t e lines aforesaid. By cutting the pad shown in the drawings transversely into'two equal parts the said parts may be adapted to serve as a pair of shoulder pads. I p

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Pads for garments, comprising a plurality of outer and aplurality of inner layers of libre wadding, the outer layers being of the same dimenslon and the inner layers being each of different dimension and each smaller than the outer layers, the inner layers being adhesively secured together and disposed between the outer layers, and the outer ness of pad may layers being adhesively secured together at their edges to confine the inner layers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ARNOLD GLADSTONE SLADDIN. 

